Federal officials filed a charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan W. Routh, the suspected would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump who already faced federal gun charges over the incident, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.
Officials have said they believe Routh camped out at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15 and was planning to shoot Trump before his gun was spotted by Secret Service agents who opened fire at him, causing him to flee and eventually be detained.
Earlier this week, prosecutors alleged Routh left a witness a letter months before the incident that read “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you.”
The case was reportedly randomly assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge who oversaw—and dismissed—the federal criminal classified documents case against Trump.
Officials also reportedly brought two new charges against Routh on Tuesday—possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer—in addition to the previous gun charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of firearm with an obliterated serial number.
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